Public Health Officials Undertake a Flu Shot Program for Senior Citizens All Over Country

On Thursday the Ministry of Public Health began a flu shot vaccination campaign for senior citizens. The campaign got underway in the Saint Francis of Assisi Home for the Aged in Santo Domingo.

The information was released by Dr. Pedro Khoury, director of Protection for the Elderly in the Ministry of Public Health.  He added that the program was to begin in this place because of the large number of senior citizens but that the program would cover the entire country.

Dr. Khoury said the vaccination campaign would cover seniors in institutions, adult daycare centers, foundations, senior citizen center as well as those who are employed in these places.

As a consequence of Hurricane Noel, added the physician, the Secretary of Public Health, Bautista Rojas Gómez, ordered a stepping up and reinforcement of the vaccination program.